There isn't an EU policy team. There is an umbrella group of chapters called the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU which will be getting involved in this area increasingly over the coming months. More information about this group is available on Meta - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy
To answer whether the UK chapter has had any input, the answer is that as far as I am aware, nobody from the UK has yet participated in the discussion. Personally speaking, beyond encouraging volunteers to share their views on the Meta page linked in Dimi's email, I have not yet participated. The questions there will be collaboratively answered across the movement, by volunteers and staff. However I will be making some time to contribute before the deadline and I encourage others to do so if they are interested.
Stevie
On 21 January 2014 16:01, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Stevie.
As the point of contact on the EU policy team, could you advise as to whether the UK chapter had any input?
Fae
On 21 January 2014 15:56, Stevie Benton stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
The below may be useful for everyone interested in copyright - a chance
to
have your say on the European Commission consultation.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com Date: 21 January 2014 14:51 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] European Commission Copyright Consultation To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
Just a quick reminder that we have 6 more days to collaboratively draft answers to the European Commission's copyright consultation.
The idea is to give the global, online community a chance to come up with answers that, if coherent enough, can then be officially given to the Commission.
We see this as a social experiment, since no one until now has ever attempted to answer collaboratively and publicly such short-termed and in-depth consultations.
The corresponding link is:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation
Have fun answering!
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